British Man Hacked the Pentagon and NASA Computers
A British man facing charges of hacking into top secret Pentagon and NASA computers in the U.S. has lost a long legal battle against his extradition from the U.K. to the U.S. American prosecutors say the man, Gary McKinnon, is a major military computer hacker. Some British celebrities are defending him, saying he never posed a threat. To tell us more about this unusual case is BBC Correspondent Rob Broomby in London.
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